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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I understood most of the biblical references and I'm not very religious. I was surprised that this book was assigned by AP Lang from all the derogatory language but I thought it was a good read.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
I really wish I could of read this for a class. This book was chock full of imagery, symbolism, and very relevant commentary. Mostly around the Bible, climate change, and generational roles/impacts on climate change. It was a really quick but wonderful read. Someone else please read this so we can discuss it in depth.
dark
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a literary mashup this is! If it were a recipe, it might read something like this:
1 part Lord of the Flies, laced with way more sex and swearing ( adjust for saltiness)
1 part Rachel Carson ( if Rachel Carson is not available, you can substitute Elizabeth Kolbert)
1 part The Golden Book of Bible Stories
1 part The Big Chill
1 part The Road ( if Cormac McCarthy is too bitter for your taste, you can substitute The Hunger Games).
This admixture had its highs—-the comparisons of science and God were lovely and rational and filled with light and grace; the morality tale about climate change and the violence that will inevitably come was more than understandable. But it had its lows, too,and the lows were really low. I could not understand the utter abrogation of a houseful of constantly drugged and drunken adults, which was entirely implausible to me, but perhaps the author, very ham-handedly, is making a point about adults despoiling the Earth. She’s right, of course, but I could not imagine this specific scenario of indecency at all. It was really, in the end, kind of gross.
1 part Lord of the Flies, laced with way more sex and swearing ( adjust for saltiness)
1 part Rachel Carson ( if Rachel Carson is not available, you can substitute Elizabeth Kolbert)
1 part The Golden Book of Bible Stories
1 part The Big Chill
1 part The Road ( if Cormac McCarthy is too bitter for your taste, you can substitute The Hunger Games).
This admixture had its highs—-the comparisons of science and God were lovely and rational and filled with light and grace; the morality tale about climate change and the violence that will inevitably come was more than understandable. But it had its lows, too,and the lows were really low. I could not understand the utter abrogation of a houseful of constantly drugged and drunken adults, which was entirely implausible to me, but perhaps the author, very ham-handedly, is making a point about adults despoiling the Earth. She’s right, of course, but I could not imagine this specific scenario of indecency at all. It was really, in the end, kind of gross.
Awful teens. Also when they started calling the hippies “angels” I stopped trying to like it.
An allegory for our time.
A fast moving, engrossing read.
I couldn't put it down.
A fast moving, engrossing read.
I couldn't put it down.
adventurous
challenging
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes